The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-30


properly examined, and. if the shipper says So
she agent will have il re-examined The agent
feels sure that if the shipper win throw all OF
his business the agents line for given
period, the old claim will be allowed.
Local and State Notes.
Traffic over the Belt road is at high tide. On
Thursday there were transferred over the road
Next week the J., NJ e. I. road will receive
from Altoona two large, powerful. new passen
ger engines.
Minshall station. on the vandalia, has bee n
closed. and all freights for that point must
hereafter be prepaid
The Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago road comes
up with decrease the third week in July, earn
ing but $17 ,S43. decrease this year of $l,S7l
Commissioner Blanchard, of the Central
Traffic Association, was In Cincinnati yesterday
and held conference with the local freight men
at that point.
George Brecount general agent of the L.. N.
A. 81 G. road at this point, who has been quite
ill., is improving and hopes to be at his post on
Monday next
One of the heaviest trains now arriving at the
Union Depot is the night express west over the
C., II. & l. 1t consists regularly OF eleven cars
four of them chair and sleeping cars,
o. G. Palmeter. agent of the Baltimore 81 Ohio
at this point, has rendered his resignation, and
c. d. Webb his cashier. will succeed him. c.
r. Fiske has already taken the position held by
Mr.. Webb.
The administers Mutual Benefit Association
will to-day pay to the widow Of j. c. Reed the
Beelne yard master. recently killed at Union
City, 81 900 on an insurance he carried with the
association
The Lake Erie & Western management pro-
pose to make the pay Of engineers and fremen
the l., p. 81 G. division the same the
l.. f. 81 w. proper, and the boys are not pleased
with the proposition.
The freight agents Of the Indianapolis roads
com planning than of the delay
they experience in getting their reports of ton
mage ETC., which are prepared by the Central
Traffic Association.
j. II. Veitch, who has been appointed travel
Ing freight agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
81 Paul road, is well known in Indianapolis
railroad circles and his friends will be gratifed
to learn OF his promotion.
General Manager Bradley of the Lake Erie e.
Western, will be in the city in the early part of
next week, and while here will take up the mat
ser OF increasing their depot facilities and sys-
tenn of tracks In their yards at this point
The track-layers on the extension Of the Chi
cago d Eastern Illinois road reached Tuscola
yesterday with the track and II is expected that
trAins OF the Chicago & East Illinois will be
ming into Tuscoa by the 10th of next month.
On the 10th of next month trains will be nut
on to run between Clay City, on the Evansville
e. Indianapolis road, and Brazil, via Saline,
ing the seven miles of road running south from
Brazil, known the southern branch, leased
from ex-President McKeen.
President Quigley, of the Toledo st. Louis &
Kansas City road, is quoted as saying that it is
their intention. they give the
matter attention, to build a branch off the main
line to Indianapolis, and Indianapolis will then
have a route Toledo fifteen to twenty miles
shorter than any now existing.
July is proving a fatal month to men on the
foot board. Thus far there have been six en-
Rineers and eight fremen killed in accidents.
What is more singular, on freight and struc-
ton trains the accidents have been the most
fatal since the present year came in. Indianap-
oils roads, however, have been very fortunate in
their exemption from accident.
The declaring Of the usual semi-aunual per
cent. dividend on the stock of the Te-re Haute
d Indianapolis road has had a comforting effect
those who held the stock and had feared the
best days OF the t. II. q /. were umbered
Unless the road is very poorly managed it will
continue to be dividend paying stock these
many years.
Fully eighty per cent. Of the passenger men in
the West are in favor of paying com missions
railroad circles against the interstate COM
mission is very bitter over its recent decision
against the Chicago 81 Alton and the Chicago &
Rock Island in their struggle against the New
York Central and Pennsylvania roads concern
ing the sale OF tickets over competing lines.
large lot of the stone carving the new
Union Railway Station has been condemned as
not being up to the standard of work the con-
tract calls for. The cost of labor in the carving
that was condemned by Chief Engineer Rodd is
$780, IL includes the stone work now erected
over the entrance doors and the carving on
eighty stone pillars which were to be used in the
interior of the building
A division of the Yard-masters' Benefit Assc-
citation organized last Sunday at Fort
Wayne. 1t starts of with a mem bership of if-
teen Secretary Sanger is arranging go East
next week and spend a couple of months working
up interest in the association on the part of the
yard masters Of Eastern roads, who thus far
have not taken hold with the association as
heartily as it is desirable they should.
Charles Nelson. superintendent of the c., II
81 ID. and the Vandalia, spent yesterday in the
city looking over matters, and on the evening
Il. a ODD
poets to meet c. @. Waite. general manager of
the properties, who Is expected home from New
York this morning. Mr.. Nelson hopes to induce
Mr.. Waite to allow him to make Indianapolis his
headquarters; at any rate, he expects to settle
the question whore his headquarters will be be-
fore the first of the month
The earnings of the Bee line from It's grain
traffic this season promise to be the larsest in
many years. Last year they did but little all
grain from this point and points their line
taking the shortest cuts to the lakes This
year all along the line they are billing grain
mostly for export, directly to the seaboard
which seems to please the shippers at the way
stations m uch better than at such points as In
dianapos, where the grain would como in as
local and then take through rate.
Important changes are to be made on the
New York. Pennsylvania & Ohio road on Aug.
/. g. G.. Cochran IS to be made Western freight
traffic manager, with headquarters at Cleveland;
5. P. Shane succeeds Mr.. Cochran general
freight agent of the road; the Office of assistant
general freight agent is abolished; the Office of
assistant traffic manager. with headquarters at
Chicago, is also abolished. and Mr.. George w.
Ristine will hereafter devote his entire services
TO the general management or the Erie fast
freight lines.
general passenger agent who ia disposed to
1--we up to the letter of the law, expresses
the opinion that there is nothing in the very
proper ruling OF the interstate commission that
ought to in erfere with the issue of thousand
mile tickets to commercial travellers. If a few
other people should desire like mileage tickets at
the same rates ana upon the same conditions,
H.
accommodating them. If il has been profitable
70 carry commercial travellers at certain rates
On mileage tickets it would be less profit able
TO carry other people the same terms
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